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Step 1: What is a Hero?external image stock-vector-trekkers-boot-print-space-in-the-middle-of-the-shoe-to-add-your-logo-635147.jpg
1) Brainstorming:
  • Participate in a class activity to develop an understanding of what it takes to be a hero.
  • Watch the video: Ordinary People, Doing Extraordinary Things. Table talk...are these people heroes?
  • In your journal, finish this sentence: "A hero is someone who..."
  • Make a list of people you consider as heroes.
  • Share your ideas with your classmates, then develop a classroom definition using the ideas you have in common.

2) Broadening Our Perspectives of a Hero:

  • Can a student like you really be a hero?
  • Watch the OBAMA video link and the YOUTUBE video link. Then participate in a class discussion using the discussion tab for your LA class above. (Do not use NEW POST, please)
  • Link here for President Obama 's interview as he discusses everyday heroism.
  • Watch T.A. Barron's FOX TV interview with a Barron Prize winner for heroism. (You Tube video widget below)








3) What Does it Really Take to be a Hero?
  • Read Chapter 1 of T. A. Barron's A Hero's Trail:
  • Identify the author's definition of a hero.
  • Compare and contrast his definition and make revisions to our class definition.
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4) Connecting Heroes to Independent Reading:
  • Choose a biography (or suitable adventure/quest book) and read it independently.
  • While reading take notes about the background, life experiences, and positive qualities of the person or character in the book.
  • What life experiences (actions, accomplishments, adversities) demonstrate that your person is truly a hero?
  • Use the Independent Reading NoteCatcher to keep track.
  • Be prepared to use your notes to create an essay discussing whether or not your person meets our class definition of a hero.
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5) Types of Heroes Jigsaw Research:
  • With a small group, "jigsaw" read about one type of hero in the T.A. Barron's book (chapters 2-7)
  • Give three examples of this type of hero, their circumstances, and one (1) hero quality they all possess.
  • Use this information to create a group poster.
  • Be prepared to become the expert and share with your classmates.
  • Link to the Poster Expectations

6) Watch the MLK Video and participate in a discussion identifying his qualities, hero type, and examples for each.




6) Bringing Creative Ideas Together (optional):
  • Choose an activity to creatively examine our class hero concept.
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Hero Group Activities.doc